I can NOT believe that I'm going to say this, but I'm starting to like NA in MOTUC

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I can NOT believe that I'm going to say this, but I'm starting to like NA in MOTUC

Okay, let it be known (and reiterated) that I DETEST the NA cartoon designs, characterizations, voices, plotlines, most character designs and (more than anything) Skeletor's FACE!!!!!

Seriously, what in the hell is up with that FACE??????

But I digress...

The recent reveal of The Mighty Spector has made me stop and think about some of my blind hatred of MOTUC re-designs of properties that I disliked in the past.

Optikk, sitting in the back of my Evil Warriors shelf, doesn't look quite as hideous to me as he once did.

Flipshot (Icarius) looks closer and closer to "okay" the more times I look at him.

And with the reveal of Slush Head, I think...forgive me God in Heaven...I think I actually like him.

My Lord, what is happening to me?

I guess what I'm saying is that while I'll likely NEVER acquiesce to the religion of worshiping at the altar of the NA cartoon, the Four Horsmen's re-design of the figures may be starting to chip away at my carefully-constructed Hate Fortress.

Anyway, I guess my vitriole-laced NA tirades may be about to soften.

A little.

My mind is open, so we'll see.

Congrats, Mike Bock! Now pray for me to get my Spikor and Rio Blast!!!

I never liked NA or the original figures, but I love the MOTUC figures. In fact, I like everything except Mo-Lar, the TRU repaints (save maybe Mer-Man), and Bubble-Power She-Ra (though not She-Ra 2.0).

Man, I can DEFINITELY relate here! Good to see you coming around and enjoying something you once hated though. I also think the NA figures look great so far. Probably because they are a blank slate to me as I know nothing about them. They are basically new characters to me.

I've never watched any of the NA series, and most of the "heroes" seemed extremely bland just some dudes in costume. But seeing some fan art and other material most of the mutants seem as though they will make great figures, the "humans" still not so much. But after seeing Icarius he looks really impressive! And that Slushhead is just an incredible looking figure. Optikk I wasn't too thilled with getting ( I started after he was already released) but having him in person he's one of the most mixable figures in the line as just about anyone's head goes with his cyborg design as long as it fits inside the armor. Being a big fan of reptilian characters I'm really looking forward to what the Horsemen can do with Lizzor's design.

I really like Slush Head as well. He looks awesome and I'll be happy to put him on my shelf, but that doesn't diminish my despise for all things NA. Once I thought Optikk was the worst character in the line, then came Mo-Larr, PD He-Man, Icarius, Photog and now Spector. So in a way Optikk has gone up in my appreciation, but not by his own merit.

"A knight is sworn to valor. His heart knows only virtue. His blade defends the helpless. His word speaks only truth. His wrath undoes the wicked."

the Four Horsmen's re-design of the figures may be starting to chip away at my carefully-constructed Hate Fortress.

That's a great line.

I can sort of relate to your position. I was never that strongly anti-NA, but I didn't really like them, so I have been very surprised by how cool the NA characters have been in this line so far. If they can turn a boring Flipshot into an awesome Icarius, then just imagine what they'll be able to do with someone like Lizorr. I think there is a very good reason to be optimistic about future NA characters.

I never really truly "hated" anything...Let's call it an above-average dislike.

FILMation is just too campy, but I'm willing to take it on a case-by-case basis, since their characters COULD impact the rest of the goings-on in Eternia.

PoP...I couldn't care less what goes/went on in Etheria, so those things are an easy pass for me.

You're simply becoming too soft & forgetting your true loyalty. But, I'll take the torch as being the NA hater. Optikk will never be forgivable. I like the thought of Icarius & not the name Flipshot. I wish they didn't put that disgusting sticker on the front of the action figures(Galactic Protectors-Right?). Slush Head looks like a good action figure. He's just not MOTU & neither are the other NA figs. IMO. I'm trying like BC. But, it'll take much more to impress me.